2008-05-15: Headlines
OregonLive.com: El Programa Hispano moves to bigger home - The Oregonian 2008-05-15
... immigrants bring when they come from another country." El Programa started in 1982, with one part-timer working with the Gresham area's farmworkers .
Tucson Citizen: Immigration reform: When there's no one to harvest the crops 2008-05-15
Because there is not a reliable supply of farmworkers , southern Arizona farmers are cutting back what they plant. Lower supply means higher demand - ...
Register Pajaronian: Farmworkers" journey brings author to town 2008-05-15
íHuman rights are violated constantly along the migrant circuit.ì Dr. Lopez will speak Friday at the United Presbyterian Church, 112 E. Beach St.
eTalkinghead: Ethanol's roadkill 2008-05-15
Last year, I wrote three articles saying that corn-ethanol production takes farmland out of food production, uses huge amounts of increasingly scarce water ...
2008-05-14: Headlines
International Herald Tribune: Burger King fires 2 after blog controversy 2008-05-14
He said farmworkers are paid better than many Burger King restaurant workers. The Immokalee coalition has long disputed Chidsey's asserti ...
RedOrbit: Kiwanis Club Seeks Talent Show Contestants 2008-05-14
Joan Gibson of Levant invites you to a public forum, "No Farms, No Food ," at 1 pm Wednesday, May 14, at Mystic Tie Grange in Kenduskeag.
2008-05-10: Headlines
Bradenton Herald: Migrants to learn organic growing 2008-05-10
Farmworkers , who have the agricultural know-how and a commitment to the work, will earn $10 per hour training in organic production, irrigati ...
Thought Leader: Zimbabwe: Bob"s reigning, blood"s pouring, the íOld Manì is snoring 2008-05-10
In addition there are reports of 40 000 farmworkers being displaced as well as the editors of a newspaper and trade union leaders being arrested ê- all ...
KGET 17: Farmworkers sleeping in a Shafter orchard 2008-05-10
Union officials said the grower should be held responsible and guarantee workers a place to sleep. Armando Elenes from the United Farm Workers ...
EyeOutForYou.com: Farmworkers living in orchard ordered to leave 2008-05-10
Armando Elenes, an organizer for the UFW says "due to the necessity of their situation the need for economic survival those are the risks they take but th ...
2008-05-09: Headlines
Washington Post: Zimbabwe's Terror 2008-05-09
The General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union says that as many as 40000 farmworkers and their families have been driven from their homes.
Peninsula On-line: 40000 displaced in Zimbabwe since poll day 2008-05-09
As the opposition alleged 30 supporters had now been killed and a union chief said 40000 farmworkers and their dependents made homeless, authorities played ...
2008-05-08: Headlines
RTE.ie: More journalists detained in Zimbabwe 2008-05-08
As the opposition alleged 30 supporters had now been killed and a union chief said 40000 farmworkers and their dependents made homeless, authorities played ...
Visalia Times-Delta: Nunez will try to revive farmworker union bill 2008-05-08
"We want to allow farmworkers to be able to vote for collective bargaining rights in a way that their employer does not influence how they vote," Nunez ...
Citizen: Reports of violence against Zim farmworkers widespread: Jag 2008-05-08
íThe focus by the international media on the white farmer has created a useful smokescreen for Mugabe behind which gross human rights violations can ...
Mail & Guardian Online: Pressure mounts on Zim amid violence 2008-05-08
As the opposition alleged that 30 supporters had now been killed and a union leader said 40 000 farmworkers and their dependents had been made homele ...
Earthtimes (press release): Zimbabwe army denies attacks as MDC claims six more dead - Summary 2008-05-08
A farmworkers ' union said Thursday that 40000 black farm workers had been chased off the land by Zanu-PF youth militia during a fresh spate of invasions ...
TopNews: Thousands of Zimbabwe farmworkers dispossessed by violence: union 2008-05-08
The MDC and rights groups have accused Zanu-PF of punishing people suspected of voting for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Africasia: 40000 displaced in Zimbabwe since polling: union 2008-05-08
She said about 400 of the farmworkers and their families are hiding in the nearby bush without access to food and medical attention.
2008-05-02: Headlines
OregonLive.com: • Oregon immigration protest draws 2500 to Capitol 5/1/2008, 5:45 ... - The Oregonian 2008-05-02
He said the bill missed the target, and described many immigrants as economic refugees of globalization and regional trade pacts with Latin America that ...
Traverse City Record Eagle: Other View: Fence won't make good neighbors 2008-05-02
Keeping out farmworkers , dishwashers and wait staff does little to make our country safer. If anything, it serves to drive up the price of food .
Long Beach Press-Telegram: Lewis Black is back with more rants 2008-05-02
Edward R. Murrow did a documentary in 1960 or '61 called "Harvest of Shame" (on migrant farmworkers ). I was 12. I was sitting there and my mind was blown.
Harvest of Hope Foundation